Running is primarily a lower body activity. Sure, it's very important to have good core strength to keep up the running form, but it's still focused on the legs.
Well, swimming is not a lower body activity. Even though I kick in a frantic and haphazard manner, my arms still do most of the work. So, here are my workouts from the past 3 days:
Monday Morning: My first "swim"*.
Tuesday Morning: 4 mile run at 7'54" pace. I'll admit that this was a faster than I had intended, but I felt good, so I kept the pace going.
Tuesday Afternoon: Another swim, 50 yards longer than my first.
This Morning: 7x400 on the track. With a new race under my belt, I was able to calculate a new interval pace, so these were faster than the last set of 400s that I did. So, these 400s hurt.
Now, you would think that my legs should be in rough shape after 2 tough runs in a row, right? Nope, my legs feel fine and my shoulders are quite sore. It's a weird feeling to have my upper body this tired. I had been doing strength training over the past few months, but that just doesn't compare to the workout I apparently got while "swimming".
* At this point, when I say "swimming", I mean that I do something that roughly approximates what other people call swimming. Maybe someday I can lose the scare-quotes.
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